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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: 27 Mar 2025 10:36:06 GMT
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:29:06 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue Mar 25 16:18:50 2025 AMuzi  wrote:
>>> On 3/25/2025 4:02 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>> On Tue Mar 25 12:25:34 2025 Catrike Ryder  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> You could prove that helmets don't always prevent head injuries, but
>>>>> not that they don't sometimes do it. Proving a negative is difficult
>>>>> task.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> How would you propose that a helmet cause a head injury? You could
>>>> argue that the foam helmets are heavy and might increase your chances
>>>> of hitting your head but the Wavecel helmets are light. Helmets don't
>>>> interfere with vision on a normal road bike.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Not preventing a head injury" is different from "causing 
>>> ahead injury".
>>> 
>>> You're welcome
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The grammar on Catrike's posting appeared so be saying that while
>> helmets may prevent some injuries they may cause others.
> 
> No, I did not say helmets may cause injuries. Read it again.
> 
> --
> C'est bon
> Soloman
> 

Indeed that argument is fairly weak and ends up being more demographic
though with the rise of hire bikes even that is probably dead.

It’s an overreach.

Roger Merriman